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This chapter summarises the various classes of antidepressant drugs prescribed for depression and provides a brief account of the history of antidepressant use. Then it details the efficacy and safety of antidepressants and concludes with a comprehensive assessment of the benefit–harm ratio of these drugs in various forms of depression.
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Hengartner, M.P. (2022). Antidepressants in Clinical Practice. In: Evidence-biased Antidepressant Prescription. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82587-4_2
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